Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Candidate Financial Support

Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that funding is available to help offset the cost of the assessment fee. This funding is made possible through a Federal Subsidy grant from the United States Department of Education and from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Please read the information below for specific details, deadlines and contact information.

Funding Available
Please click here to go to your states National Board page for details on candidate funding, or contact your Candidate Subsidy Administrator.

Several organizations provide scholarship support to candidates pursuing National Board Certification. For more information, visit the Scholarship page.

This page reflects the most recent information available to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards at the time of posting. Incentives are offered at the discretion of the individual local agencies or contracts and are subject to change. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is not responsible for the accuracy of the information found herein. Please contact the appropriate local or state agency directly to confirm the incentives and contact us with any updates at outreach@nbpts.org.

The National Board Certification process provides high-quality professional development, and school districts are encouraged to make use of state and federal funding that may be used for teacher professional development. The Pennsylvania Department of Education strongly encourages all of the Commonwealth’s 501 school districts to review teacher professional development policies and practices, to offer creative and exciting incentives that make National Board Certification achievable for employees and to advocate National Board Certification for all high-quality teachers.

Please click here for a list of school districts in Pennsylvania that offer support and/or incentives for candidates and National Board Certified Teachers.  It is possible that your school district or local businesses offers support not included in the above link.   Check with your school, your school district’s Web site or your state program administrator for more information.

If you are aware of local incentives supporting National Board Certification in your school district please Contact Us.  Include complete contact details so that we can reach you to verify the information.